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Lol, i can see it now: "What brand of lipstick you got there?" "Oh, just a Sandisk 8GB USB 2.0." The second one i'd set up with a switch between controller and drive and load up all my emulators on :)
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RCIXNov 28 '09 at 11:19

The second one would be a pretty cool external HDD.
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ekajAug 2 '12 at 16:12

The Debian Live version that comes without any GUI is particularly nice recovery tool, because you can wipe disks, fix OS files and all that even on machine that's too broken to run desktop environment.

I always keep my spare ones in places where I think I will need them the most (laptop bags, inside coats I wear to business meetings). There is nothing worse than thinking you have a thumb drive on you to suddenly realise you don't...

I would setup Ubuntu to all boot from it, making it either ready to install on others' computers, or as a full-fledged all installed OS, where I can keep my Linux files and folders.

The third option is to use that as the "home" directory across different installations/distros, so you always keep the same set of data files, regardless of Linux setup or (if you really need) Windows. All you need to do under Linux is to setup the /etc/fstab file to mount the USB device as a sub-dir of your home directory. Under Windows, that's another story, as you're never sure on which drive letter it will mount.

JK. I have several drives that are used for a variety of purposes. One for school, one as a portable tool kit, one for secure storage. I even have one I carry to swim meets with the various forms I need on it.